Brain maker : the power of gut microbes to heal and protect your brain--for life /

"Perlmutter explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain, describing how the microbiome develops from birth and evolves based on lifestyle choices, how it can become 'sick,' and how nurturing gut health through a few easy strategies can alter your brain'...

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Main Authors: Perlmutter, David, 1954- (Author), Loberg, Kristin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"Perlmutter explains the potent interplay between intestinal microbes and the brain, describing how the microbiome develops from birth and evolves based on lifestyle choices, how it can become 'sick,' and how nurturing gut health through a few easy strategies can alter your brain's destiny for the better. With ... dietary recommendations and a ... program of six steps to improving gut ecology, [this book] opens the door to ... brain health potential"--Amazon.com.
Item Description:Includes recipes, most for fermented foods which add natural probiotics to the diet.
Physical Description:viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index.
ISBN:9780316380102 :
0316380105